The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 28, 1935
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
5:59 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 159
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 162.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.89° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.17° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.